NAACP wants felony charges for SJSU hate case

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San Jose State University students gather around the 1968 Olympic statue while protesting a reported racial hazing of an African-American freshman last month on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in San Jose, Calif. Three students at San Jose State University are facing misdemeanor hate-crime and battery charges after authorities say they harassed an African-American roommate by outfitting their dormitory room with a Confederate flag and a racial epithet was found on a board.

Civil rights activists are calling on prosecutors to file felony hate-crime charges against four white students accused of racially abusing a black student at San Jose State University.

NAACP leaders are urging Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen to bring felony charges against the white students, who currently face misdemeanor hate crime and battery charges.